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MAGA Puts Wikipedia in Its Crosshairs (gizmodo.com)
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[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 21 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

downloaded a backup yesterday

everyone with sense and 160GB should do the same

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Just 160gb? I will get a USB and back up the whole thing.

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 4 points 48 minutes ago

25ish for your language of choice, 130 something for media files

very manageable, grab that copy

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

How?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 36 minutes ago) (1 children)

There is an app called Kiwix if you use Linux (I think it's a flatpak) or WSL for Windows! :) It lets you download different languages and sizes. I just learned you can use graphical apps for WSL now, wew.

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 1 points 20 minutes ago (1 children)

Could I use this to set a monthly job that runs and updates my local copy? Does it download/update changes made since my last sync or would it just redownload and replace the previous months in this situation?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 17 minutes ago

It doesn't work like that (yet), but it is the easiest way to keep an offline copy. They have more info about this here: https://kiwix.org/en/frequently-asked-questions/

[–] hakobo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

There's an article here on how to utilize Wikipedia offline, and you can look under the "Where do I get the dumps?" section for links to downloads.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 1 points 1 hour ago

damn look how correct and helpful these mfs are